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al-Qa'bong · Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:51 pm Post subject:

Will Jimmy rub out Nucky's family, because he mistakenly thinks Thompson had his wife killed, or will Richard track down the Philly butcher and peel his face off with a rusty bayonet?
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"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

cco · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 2:11 am Post subject:

I figured Jimmy would be the most obvious suspect, to Richard and the police alike, and that the season's dénouement (set up earlier with Richard's disgust that Jimmy doesn't appreciate what he has, and his scenes with Angela) would be Richard going after Jimmy. So now I'm on record for when I turn out to be completely wrong. Very Happy

al-Qa'bong · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 3:24 am Post subject:

Hmm, you could be right. The jealous husband angle certainly makes Jimmy look like a probable suspect, unless those hoodlums in NYC give Jimmy an alibi.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

cco · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:17 am Post subject:

Wow. Looks like the action in Boardwalk Empire this season is Pareto-distributed. Holy crap. No wonder Jimmy thought World War 1 was the only sufficient source of mental floss.

al-Qa'bong · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:27 am Post subject:

Well, his erstwhile pals aren't going to be any help.

Geez, that Princeton flashback, with all the Jocastan allusions, was truly nauseous, then Jimmy ends up bumping off the Commodore in the penultimate scene.

What's next, he'll poke his eyen out with his trench knife?
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

cco · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:57 am Post subject:

So help me figure this out -- was I wrong to assume at the end of last episode that Jimmy was going to Princeton for exile in the "present"? If he did, did we simply not see any of that trip (or did I miss it)? If not, where was he most of the episode?

al-Qa'bong · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:34 am Post subject:

I thought he took a load of hooch to Princeton to sell it. He must have stayed there.

He told Angela in the last episode that he was going to New York too, though, didn't he?
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

sparqui · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:40 pm Post subject:

That episode was something else. Who would of thought the Commodore would have that much strength after suffering a massive stroke. And I loved Nucky's reaction to the long spoon parable.
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al-Qa'bong · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:15 pm Post subject:

Jimmy's mother is becoming eviller and eviller with every scene.

How about this for a season finale? van Alden will kidnap Mrs. Schroeder and take her to some underground hideaway where he'll perform unspeakable religio-perversions upon her temple of sin.

Then a redeemer will make an entrance and they'll go off to gloryland together.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

sparqui · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:43 pm Post subject:

Maybe Gillian will use her "whiles" to lure Manny into bed. Reward or revenge will be the outcome. Maybe Richard will do a two for one clean-up.
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al-Qa'bong · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:50 pm Post subject:

I could see "reward" maybe. She doesn't mind Angela's being murdered at all.

Yeah, Richard's due for a big scene or major role in an episode. Gillian's calling him a simpleton would be an additional provocation.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

cco · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:01 pm Post subject:

al-Qa'bong · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:56 pm Post subject:

Nope, I didn't catch "I would prefer not to."

Would Nucky therefore be the White Whale in this tale?

And here I was thinking that this wasn't a terribly cultured discussion.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

sparqui · Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:09 am Post subject:

The Princeton flashbacks kind or reminded me more of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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al-Qa'bong · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:38 am Post subject:

Geez, playing "Look For the Silver Lining" while Nucky bumps off Jimmy?

I didn't see that coming either.

I'd been rooting for Nucky until that. He's not nice at all. Where's Tony Soprano when you need him?

I suppose Nucky and Jimmy's mom will end up together by the end of the series.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

cco · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:00 am Post subject:

Good for BE for having the courage to follow through on where the plot demanded it go. A lot of other shows I've been watching (Dexter, Sons of Anarchy) have gone to ludicrous lengths to keep characters around and put off crucial plot developments.

al-Qa'bong · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:28 am Post subject:

I thought Nucky'd have Jimmy ice Margaret. Jimmy went way out of his way to make it up to Nucky, who bushwacked him anyway, maybe at Eli's suggestion.

The Eli-Enoch Greek tragedy will have to play out somehow next season.

Richard is going to go Macbeth on the cast any episode now...

The music on the show is going to start getting better; 1923 saw a lot of progress from the rinky-tink stuff that existed until then.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

sparqui · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:11 am Post subject:

Was that the season finale?

I heard rumour that Jimmy would get killed but I didn't think it would be by Nucky. What the hell? And why?

The other gangsters didn't care if the Philadelphia Butcher was killed. So I don't understand why Jimmy and not him?

And holy f*ck, Margaret signing over the property deed for that tract of land (where they plan to build a highway) to the church. That's doesn't bode well.

As for the Commodore's death and will, seems like history is easily re-written.
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cco · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:12 pm Post subject:

al-Qa'bong · Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:33 am Post subject:

It looks as if "Chuck" has bitten the dust, despite the heroes' vanquishing of all the villains.

This is probably a good thing, as the show has gone kind of goofy over the last season (and this from a show based in goofiness).
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

Raos · Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:11 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I was not much a fan of this last season.

ronb · Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:51 pm Post subject:

We have been watching Breaking Bad, and enjoying that quite a bit.

Vundo Draxon · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 5:16 am Post subject:

Jim Moriarty, from the BBC Sherlock. So delightfully insane and so, so evil.

6079_Smith_W · Fulltime enMasse Member Joined: 15 Nov 2011 Posts: 571

I was terribly disappointed in the show when it went sideways, but I'd say any discussion of villains has to include Benjamin from Lost.

And I don't see Richard Harrow as a villain on the order of most of the other characters in BE.

al-Qa'bong · Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:33 pm Post subject:

6079_Smith_W · Fulltime enMasse Member Joined: 15 Nov 2011 Posts: 571

Of course I am happy they caught that guy, but you would think an MIT dude would be smart enough to case the joint and see they weren't waiting for him, especially with an obvious trap like that.

al-Qa'bong · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 4:33 am Post subject:

One point that The Big Bang Theory has been making throughout the series is that these geniuses aren't smart in everything.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

al-Qa'bong · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 2:01 am Post subject:

Toby on East Bound and Down is some kinda Damian/The Omen character.

Will Kenny Powers get back on track now that April has taken Toby back?

[ed.] I just looked up this show on the Intertubes and found that it's in its third and last season now. I just started watching it a few weeks ago. Heck fire!
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

cco · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 12:45 pm Post subject:

I suddenly realized this thread had been allowed to exist without a mention of Boyd Crowder from Justified, and felt an immediate urge to rectify this omission.

al-Qa'bong · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 2:58 pm Post subject:

I recorded a movie about Arnold Rothstein that was on TV a couple of weeks ago. David Janssen ("The Fugitive" and the lesser-known "O'Hara") plays Rothstein, and Mickey Rooney is his sidekick.

I haven't been able to finish watching it. That Boardwalk Empire guy has ruined me for any other Arnold Rothstein.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

Slumberjack · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:54 pm Post subject:

Slumberjack · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:54 am Post subject:

Anyways, I watched a back episode of Real Time the other day with the On Demand service, because there happened to be a guest I wanted to hear from, but was first expected to endure Dan Rather as the guest directly following the opening monologue. Not that he was any favorite of mine or anything, but he definitely qualifies as a villain, and an unrepentant one at that for his many years of villainy on TV.
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Caissa · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:39 pm Post subject:

Favourite TV villain: Will Wheaton, Brent Spiner, Joyce Kim,Eric Gablehauser, Priya Koothrappali, Kurt, Dennis Kim, Leslie Winkle

al-Qa'bong · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:27 pm Post subject:

You say "villain," yet you give us a list.

Are you saying these characters are all manifestations of a single malevolent spirit?

That Dr. Cruz on Nurse Jackie is one ornery cuss.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

Sibjyn · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:45 pm Post subject:

Old Blind Willie on Eagleheart. He tried to kill the blues!

Runner up, The Scatman.

sparqui · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:03 pm Post subject:

Joffrey Barathian from the Game of Thrones is a nasty piece of work.

Nurse Jackie's Dr. Cruz doesn't seem to have any redeeming qualities. He a very everyday, real life villain.
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al-Qa'bong · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:16 am Post subject:

Maybe he's a metaphor for the US health system.

I caught some of a show called "Shameless" last night. I'd seen a bit of it once before. That's a rather messed-up family they have there.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

cco · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:47 am Post subject:

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Fidel · Fulltime enMasse Member Joined: 04 May 2006 Posts: 812

Bernie Kopell as Siegfried from the old TV series, Get Smart. Everything was , This is KAOS, we don't_____. He played the doctor on The Love Boat, another oldie.

"This is KAOS, we don't shoosh around here." or "This is KAOS, ve don't 'vroom vroom' here."
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al-Qa'bong · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:32 pm Post subject:

Oldies?

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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

Fidel · Fulltime enMasse Member Joined: 04 May 2006 Posts: 812

ha! Heph would have liked that one.

Arte Johnson from Laugh in, another retro series. "Verrry interesting..."
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Democracy should more appropriately be referred to as Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power. - George Washington

al-Qa'bong · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 2:09 am Post subject:

Sometimes the villains were more fun than the heroes.

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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

Fidel · Fulltime enMasse Member Joined: 04 May 2006 Posts: 812

Boris and Natasha! Good-good! I haven't seen that one in a long time. I think the cold war was still on then.

From Transylvania 6-5000:
Count Blood: I am a vampire!
Bugs: Oh, yeah? Well, abacadabra! I'm an umpire!
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Democracy should more appropriately be referred to as Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power. - George Washington

The Evil Twin · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:27 am Post subject:

I was never quite sure if Bugs was supposed to be the villain or hero in many of those cartoons. He was quite subversive.

And the "villains"? (like Count Bloodcount, Elmer, the French Canadian lumberjack Blackjaques Shellaque and Yosemite Sam) They were so pathetic and easily fooled I felt sorry for them.
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sparqui · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:07 pm Post subject:

I watched the premiere episode of HBO "Girls" last night and was not impressed. Are they villains? Not really but they sure make young women look dreadful - self-obsessed, entitled anti-hipster slackers.

Here's a review:

http://www.alternet.org/culture/155268/the_horror_of_hbo%27s_%22gir...
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cco · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:56 pm Post subject:

Oof, sparqui, what an awful show.

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sparqui · Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:22 am Post subject:

That poster is brilliant, cco. ROTFL

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Slumberjack · Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:59 am Post subject:

Theory of the Young Girl